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iv. education and mental cultulle.
tioned the lively little garrison-town of Vaxholm, lying on the main route of
the steamers which carry on an animated traffic between islands whose
gaily-coloured villas stand out against the dark background of rocks and wooded cliffs.
Then we have the fashionable watering-place of Saltsjöbaden and, in Lake
Mälaren, whose waters abound in idyllic scenery and are studded with a multitude of
charming islands, the royal palace of Drottningholm, Gripsholm, — the most
interesting castle in Sweden from an historical point of view — and Skokloster,
with its exceedingly valuable collections from the Thirty Years’ War. There are
many summer resorts both on the Baltic and on Lake Mälaren.
Photo. Bone Mesch, Kiruna.
The Falls of Stora Sjöfallet (Lappland),
In,addition to excursions to these places, trips can be made to the University
city of Uppsala (cathedral, the university institutions, Gamla Uppsala, with its
tumuli from the heathen times, etc), Älvkarleö waterfall, Visby (see above),
and also to other provinces in Central Sweden, e. g., Västmanland (Västerås,
with a fine cathedral), Närke (Örebro) and, above all, Dalarne and
Värmland. The western portion of Västmanland, the south of Dalarne, and the
eastern district of Värmland are called "Bergslagen" (or iron-mining districts),
characterized partly by the grandeur of their scenery and also by the numerous
iron mines, which employ 30 000 men and of which the largest are those called
the Grängesberg mines.
Dalarne. An important role in the history of Sweden has been played by the
people of Dalarne, and, in our own times, both the scenery and the inhabitants
possess a distinctively Swedish character. This is the meeting place of idylls
and of grandeur, of quiet lakes and rushing rivers, of fertile field and solemn,
forest-clad, blue-gleaming heights, which, towards the north-west, merge into the
naked wastes of the fells. Here we find, too, a peasant-culture and manners
and customs sanctified by long usage — all this, too, magnificent in its kind
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